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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Simes, Keith Owen |
| Date of birth: | May 11th, 1922 (Tenterfield/New South Wales, Australia)
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| Date of death: |
April 18th, 1962 (Kew/Victoria, Australia)
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Australian |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Service number: 420285/Aus.4202185.
Keith Simes (Pop-up photo right) flew, amongst others, together with his navigator Sydney Horne (Pop-up foto rechts) in a DeHavilland Mosquito with No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron at Thorney Island (1944/1945).
Career:
December 1943 - 23rd June 1944: 36 Operational Training Unit RAF(Greenwood);
24th June 1944 - 31st July 1944: 13 Operational Training Unit RAF (Bicester);
1st August 1944 - 13th August 1944: 2 Geographically Separated Unit RAF (Swanton Morley);
14th August 1944 - 1945: No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron.
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
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Rank:
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Flight Lieutenant
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Unit:
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No. 464 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
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Awarded on:
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September 14th, 1945
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Action:
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Citation:
"Courage and exceptional skill on numerous sorties."
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Details:
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Published in The London Gazette dated 14th September 1945 and the Australia Gazette dated 27th September 1945.
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